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[MJB]

Take one box of cheap, shiny bandaids...draw a purple heart with a purple magic marker....Voila!

MJB

[drjohn]

Do you have to bleed to wear one of these or can you just have a minor contusion?

[swing votr]

"It is not in any way defaming of them, because I know people who have received Purple Hearts and I know that they're not boasting about their war record. They're proud of their serving their country. And, I mean, I just met a woman who lost her husband yesterday in Iraq. And there's a whole entirely different mood."
I completley agree that this was in no way intentionally trying to upset veterans, but I have no doubt that some will be upset, partly because of the political affiliation. Of course Kerry jumps on it, and he is over reacting.

But is she justifying what she is doing by saying " And, I mean, I just met a woman who lost her husband yesterday in Iraq. And there's a whole entirely different mood." It seems like utter ridiculousness to justify placing a purple sticker (representing a purple heart) as being justifiable to every soldier because you had a single conversation with one woman who lost her husband. I guarantee that she has no clue as the pain endured by families who have lost loved ones, yet talking with them justifies her actions?
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"I already don't miss it," he said of Washington. Asked to elaborate, he replied: "You know that great feeling you get when you stop banging your head against a wall?"

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